Pranadana, Prāṇadāna, Praṇadana, Prana-dana: 8 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchPraṇadana (प्रणदन):—n. = praṇāda [Loiseleur Deslongchamps] zu [Amarakoṣa 1, 1, 5, 11.]
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Prāṇadāna (प्राणदान):—(1. prāṇa + 1. dāna) n.
1) Schenkung des Lebens, Lebensrettung: dānāddhi dharmaḥ ko bhyadhiko bhavet [Kathāsaritsāgara 20, 153.] —
2) Hingabe des Lebens: dānaṃ vinā vairaṃ sahajaṃ yāti na kṣayam [Spr. 724.] —
3) Salbung des Havis mit Ghṛta unter Aufsagung von Sprüchen, welche beleben sollen, [Scholiast] zu [Kātyāyana’s Śrautasūtrāṇi 305, 21. 328, 23. 329, 1. 342, 7.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungPraṇadana (प्रणदन):—n. = praṇāda.
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Prāṇadāna (प्राणदान):—n. —
1) Schenkung des Lebens , Lebensrettung. —
2) Hingabe des Lebens. —
3) Salbung des Havis mit Ghṛta unter Aufsagung von Sprüchen , welche beleben sallen.
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
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Partial matches: Pra, Nadana, Dana, Prana, Tana.
Full-text: Dakshina.
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